# aws agents — Agent Skill

Build, deploy, and operate AI agents on AWS. Skills for scaffolding agents with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, connecting tools, memory, policies, evaluation, debugging, and production hardening.

## At a glance

aws-agents is an Agent Skill by aws in the Automation & Workflow category. In Claude Code it installs with `/plugin install aws-agents@claude-plugins-official` after adding the anthropics/claude-plugins-official marketplace; other assistants use its SKILL.md instructions as rules. Its source repository has 3,335 GitHub stars (as of Oct 28, 2026).

## Install

### How to install aws agents in Claude Code

1. Add the marketplace

```claude
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official
```

2. Install the skill

```claude
/plugin install aws-agents@claude-plugins-official
```

3. Use it

   These are slash commands for a Claude Code session, not your shell. Claude auto-invokes the skill when your request matches its description — or type its slash command if it exposes one.

### How to install aws agents in Claude Desktop

1. Clone the source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws.git
```

2. Find the skill

   It lives in agent-toolkit-for-aws/plugins/aws-agents — that folder contains the SKILL.md.

3. Add the SKILL.md to your Skills folder

   Settings → Capabilities → Skills → add the folder containing SKILL.md. Claude picks it up automatically.

### How to install aws agents in Cursor

1. Clone the source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws.git
```

2. Find the skill

   It lives in agent-toolkit-for-aws/plugins/aws-agents — that folder contains the SKILL.md.

3. Convert to a Cursor rule

   Create .cursor/rules/aws-agents.mdc and paste the SKILL.md body. Set `alwaysApply` or a glob so the Agent loads it in context.

### How to install aws agents in Codex CLI

1. Clone the source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws.git
```

2. Find the skill

   It lives in agent-toolkit-for-aws/plugins/aws-agents — that folder contains the SKILL.md.

3. Reference in AGENTS.md

   Add the skill's instructions (or a link) to AGENTS.md at your repo root — Codex reads it on every run.

### How to install aws agents in Windsurf

1. Clone the source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws.git
```

2. Find the skill

   It lives in agent-toolkit-for-aws/plugins/aws-agents — that folder contains the SKILL.md.

3. Add to your rules / context

   Paste the SKILL.md instructions into this tool's custom rules or workspace instructions so the agent follows them.

### How to install aws agents in Cline

1. Clone the source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws.git
```

2. Find the skill

   It lives in agent-toolkit-for-aws/plugins/aws-agents — that folder contains the SKILL.md.

3. Add to your rules / context

   Paste the SKILL.md instructions into this tool's custom rules or workspace instructions so the agent follows them.

### How to install aws agents in VS Code

1. Clone the source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws.git
```

2. Find the skill

   It lives in agent-toolkit-for-aws/plugins/aws-agents — that folder contains the SKILL.md.

3. Add to your rules / context

   Paste the SKILL.md instructions into this tool's custom rules or workspace instructions so the agent follows them.

Source: https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/tree/main/plugins/aws-agents

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